Rodent Control Pensacola, FL | 24/7 Rat Removal

Area	What is there	Common way in	How we seal it
Seville Historic District and downtown	About 108 acres with some of the oldest buildings in Florida, such as Old Christ Church (1763) and Julee Cottage (1805), next to shops and restaurants	Old wood siding, gaps under raised floors, shared walls with food businesses	Low profile metal and mesh that can be painted to match, placed where it is hard to see
North Hill Preservation District	About 155.6 acres with 425 historic buildings on streets like Palafox and Blount	Gable vents, attic louvers, porch roofs, chimneys and big trees over the roof	Screens behind vents, chimney caps, hardware cloth at porch and crawl space openings
East Hill and other older bungalow streets	Older wood frame homes, many on raised foundations	Crawl space vents, plumbing holes in the floor, loose skirting	Crawl space vent covers, sealed pipe holes, foundation gaps closed with concrete
Bayfront and bayou lots	Homes with docks, seawalls, boat lifts and sheds	Burrows near seawalls and slabs, boat storage, shed floors	Ground level exclusion, shed sealing, bait stations outside only if needed
Ferry Pass, Ensley, Myrtle Grove and newer suburbs	Block and stucco homes on slabs, newer subdivisions	Garage door corners, dryer vents, AC line openings, roof returns	Door seals, vent guards, metal flashing at roof returns

What you find	Most likely	Where to look next
Black, banana shaped droppings, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long	Roof rat	Attic insulation, along rafters, on top of the water heater
Tiny droppings, like grains of rice	House mouse	Under the sink, behind the stove, pantry shelves, garage boxes
Hollowed citrus with a round hole about the size of a quarter	Roof rat	Branches touching the roof, fence tops, power lines to the house
Dark greasy smears on beams or pipes	Rats using the same path every night	The nearest gap in the soffit, wall or roof line
Scratching in the ceiling a few hours after dark	Rats, not squirrels (squirrels are busy by day)	Roof edges, gable vents, attic access
Holes in the dirt near a slab, seawall or shed	Possible Norway rat burrows	Shed floors, slab edges, under decks and docks

Yes. UF/IFAS calls the roof rat Florida’s worst and most common rodent pest. In Pensacola we find them in attics, soffits and wall voids. House mice are next, mostly in winter. Norway rats are less common but can burrow near docks, sheds and slabs.

It happens often. Roofs and soffits replaced after Ivan or Sally sometimes have loose panels, unscreened vents or gaps at new pipes. We check every repaired spot during the inspection and seal what is open.

Yes. We use low profile metal, screens behind vents and hardware cloth that can be painted to match, and we place it where it is hard to see. If your home is in a historic district, check with the city first about any visible exterior change.

Pensacola averages about 11 freeze days a winter, more than most of Florida. Mice move toward warm spaces when fronts come through, and they can fit through very small gaps around pipes, garage doors and vents. Sealing before December helps the most.

It depends on the lease and the type of home. Under Section 83.51, Florida Statutes, landlords of most units other than single family homes and duplexes must make reasonable provision for rat and mouse extermination unless the lease says otherwise. Read your lease and tell your landlord in writing. We can give you a report to share.

Yes. Bag raw garbage, keep the lid closed and bring the cart back by 6 a.m. the day after pickup, as the city asks. Store pet food and bird seed in sealed bins and pick up fallen fruit so rats have less to eat.

UF/IFAS says there is no evidence they drive rodents away, and they may harm the hearing of pets, especially dogs. No repellent is registered for roof rats. Sealing and trapping are what work.

We provide rodent control in Pensacola and across Escambia County, including Warrington, Brent, Myrtle Grove, Ensley, Ferry Pass, Bellview, Goulding and West Pensacola.